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基础必备 必修第三册
UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
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(2023·石家庄市高三调研)Around the world there are some festivals that for some of us may sound bizarre.
In England they celebrate the rolling cheese race,which occurs every year during the last Monday in May.This festival's characteristic is a contest where an official rolls cheese down a steep hill and festivalgoers go chasing after it.The winner is the first one to reach and catch the cheese.
Another festival celebrated in England is the world championship of grimaces (鬼脸).It is a celebration that dates back to 1297 and is celebrated during the month of September.The task is to perform the best grimace using anything you can to win.
The worldwide championship of wife lifting is celebrated in Finland.The game is based on Viking traditions where a man should carry away his neighbour's wife.According to the rules,any woman above 17 is considered as a wife,so if you are within this age,take care while visiting this country during the month of July.
Many of you have watched Pirates of the Caribbean and have known something about pirates.The 19th of September has been declared worldwide as the day to talk like a pirate.Plenty of people have celebrated it thanks to the publicity (宣传) on the Internet.
First staged in 1998,the Boryeong Mud Festival is an attraction that pulls more than a million visitors to the South Korean city.As you all know,the town is said to be rich in minerals,so there is no shortage of mud.Mud is trucked onto Daecheon Beach for tourists and locals to enjoy the festival to their best.
The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in Thailand to develop tourism.It's an annual feast held for about 600 monkeys.The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in honour of the Hindu gods Ram and Hanuman and involves 3,000 kilograms of vegetables and fruits being laid out for monkeys to stuff themselves.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界各地的一些不同寻常的节日。
1.What does the underlined word “bizarre” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Dangerous. B